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First Cup 04.12.07

Posted on : 12-04-2007 | By : Jim Lynch | In : First Cup, Iraq

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First CupWell, let’s have some coffee and then take a swim. ~ Johnny Weissmuller

Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) Explosion In Green Zone Kills Two

This will probably create an almost insurmountable problem for Nouri al-Maliki and his government. Already, Iraqi politicians have declared the new security plan a failure. They will not allow this attack to go without some accountability from the government and perhaps an abandonment of the new joint Iraqi-US plan put in place earlier this year. That would put the Bush administration in a difficult position; if the Iraqis declare the new Baghdad security plan a failure, his domestic political support for the war will collapse entirely.

Outside The Beltway (James Joyner) BREAKING – Iraqi Parliament Bombed, Two Dead

Lovely. Certainly, this doesn’t speak well of the added security provided by the so-called Surge. On the other hand, a direct assault on the democratically elected legislature could well backfire.

Hot Air (Allahpundit) Suicide bomber infiltrates Iraqi parliament, kills three

What they’re trying to do here, very clearly, is show the surge isn’t working by demonstrating that even the safest part of the city is more vulnerable than it’s been. That’s why they’ve been focusing more on the Green Zone in the past few weeks. It started with the rocket attack during Maliki’s presser with Ban Ki-Moon, then another rocket attack killed an American soldier, then they found two suicide vests somewhere in the area.

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